Villa fall 0-2 behind to a scrappy tap-in and an own-goal in the first 25 minutes before Ollie Watkins breaks his drought and scores two, the second an equaliser on the stroke of half-time. Villa come out and storm to a 4-2 lead and look like adding more before Brighton get another scruffy goal and Villa’s defensive nous delivers another three points, consolidates third place and further cements the mental legacy being built at the club under Unai Emery.

Unai Emery 🇪🇸 takes charge of his 160th Villa game.

Unai Emery 🇪🇸 wins six consecutive games for the second time under his reign having previously won seven between February and April 2025.

Unai Emery 🇪🇸 records a win rate of 55% across all competitions with 88 wins in 160 games, the highest of any Villa manager.

Unai Emery 🇪🇸 records an away win rate of 43.59% across all competitions with 34 wins in 78 games, the highest of any Villa manager.

Unai Emery 🇪🇸 records a top-flight and league win rate of 53.91% with 62 wins in 115 games, the highest of any Villa manager.

Unai Emery’s 🇪🇸 goals per game record is the highest of any Villa manager for 61 years.

Ian Maatsen 🇳🇱 makes his 60th appearance in a Villa shirt

Lucas Digne 🇫🇷 makes his 30th substitute appearance for Villa (124 Starts).

Pau Torres 🇪🇸 makes his 80th start and 90th appearance for Villa.

Boubacar Kamara 🇫🇷 makes his 115th appearance for Villa.

Amadou Onana 🇧🇪 scores his 7th goal in 46 appearances for Villa having scored 4 in 72 for his previous club.

Amadou Onana 🇧🇪 makes his 35th Premier League appearance for Villa.

John McGinn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 secures his 80th win in 143 games under Unai Emery 🇪🇸.

Emiliano Buendía 🇦🇷 makes his 30th substitute appearance in 64 appearances for Villa under Unai Emery 🇪🇸.

Morgan Rogers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 90th appearance.

Donyell Malen 🇳🇱 scores his 10th goal for Villa in 37 appearances.

Evann Guessand 🇨🇮 contributes his first assist for Villa in 17 appearances.

Ollie Watkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his 90th goal in 243 appearances for Villa and his 78th League goal in 198 appearances.

Ollie Watkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his 78th League goal for Villa, overtaking Gerry Hitchens’ total.

John McGinn’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 304 appearances for Villa moves him ahead of both Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Ugo Ehiogu 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Morgan Rogers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 30th Premier League goal involvement - 14 goals and 16 assists - in 62 games.

Lamare Bogarde 🇳🇱 makes his 10th Premier League substitute appearance for Villa.

Evann Guessand 🇨🇮 makes his 10th Premier League appearance for Villa.

Ezri Konsa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 equals Ashley Young’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 210 Premier League appearances for Villa.